Automatic time register



2 Sheets'Sheet 1.

(Model.)

G. W. FOSTER.

AUTOMATIC TIME REGISTER.

Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

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G. W. POSTER.

. AUTOMATIC TIME REGI$TER. No. 297,248. A Patented Apr. 22, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT Price...

GAY. W. FOSTER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC TIME-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,248, dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed February 8, 1883. (Modem To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, GAY. W. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Time-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a mechanism which shall at all times be serviceable as a time-piece, and which, during the night or any desired portion of time, can be employed as a means of recording the time at which a watchman or other person in charge of premises passed and tried any given instrument, or a door, knob, handle, latch, or device to which the said instrument is or may be connected.

The accompanying drawings form part of this specification, and illustrate what I consider the best means of carrying out my invention.

Figure 1 is a front view of apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. '3 is a vertical central section on the line w :12, Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4 is a front view, showing the main plate of the apparatus secured to a door or other suitable support, with the clock-case and mechanism turned forward on its hinge or hinges, in order to expose the rear dial or recording plate or surface. Fig. 5 is a plan view of stop-lever I, and Fig. 6 is a side view of the same. Fig. 7 is a face view of the rear dial, and Fig. 8 is a side view of the same. Fig. 9 is a plan view of spring-lever G and marker H, and Fig. 10 is a side view of the same. 7

In each of the views similar letters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.

A represents the main plate or support of the device, which is, by preference, secured in position by screws a, passing through holes or apertures a in the plate A.

To the main plate or support is connected, by means of a hinge or hinges, a casing, B, adapted for the reception of a clock mechanism, G.

The clock mechanism G on its front face is provided with an ordinary dial, adapted to record -twelve, twenty-four, or other number of hours or portions of hours. The clock mechanism may be of any desired or suitable construction, although I prefer what is commonly known as a lever--movemcnt.

According to my invention the shaft or stem- D, supporting and operating the hounhand E, is extended rearward of the apparatus, and is provided with suitable mechanism, hereinafter more fully explained, adapted to receive or support a dial or indicator, F, which I prefer to be provided with figures, divisions, and marks indicating the hours and parts of hours in the reverse relation to the indications on the front or exposed dial.

Upon the main plate or support A, I mount a spring or other suitable lever, G, pivoted at g, and provided at one end with an adjustable pencil or marking-instrument, H. The marking-instrument H is by preference composed of a socket, h, adapted to receive a head or point, h,"which is secured in position by means of a screw-cap, h as shown, in such manner that the lead or point it may be readily and constantly removed and replaced when desired or necessary. The object of the lead point h is to indicate on the dial or indicator F at any given time the presence of the'watchman or other person whose presence is desired to be recorded at any given time.

The lever G is shown of a spring form and adapted to press the pencil or lead h of the marking-instrument H against the dial or indicator F at all times, unless the same is retained out of position by the pivoted check or stop lever I, or other suitable mechanism adapted to press the same away from the dial or indicator.

When it is desired that the lever G shallbe brought into position to allow of the pencil or lead h operating on the dial or indicator F, the pivoted lever is turnedinto the position shown by full lines in Fig. 4, so as to allow of the full play of the spring G, thereby forcing the point or lead h against the dial or indicator F.

When the apparatus is set,a watchman,passing the instrument, has simply to operate the lever either manually or by turning a knob,handle, or latch to which it is attached, in order to cause a stroke or mark to be made on the dial F, which stroke or mark will be recorded opposite the time indicated on the dial or indicator F, thereby recording exactly the time of such visit.

WVhen it is desired that the recording-lever shallbe suspended from operation, it is simply necessary to turn the check or stop lever T into the position indicated by Fig. 4, when the point or lead h will be held out of contact with the dial or indicator F. The lever G, and pencil-point or marker h, is kept normally in a position to mark or indicate a continuous circle on the dial or indicator F by means of a spiral or other suitable spring, G

\Vhen the lever G is operated by the watchman or other pers0n,the pencil-point or mark er h is moved on the face of the secondary dial F, in a line at an angle to the circumference of the circle being traced or indicated, making a check-mark or record of the movement of said lever.

As in practice thelever G may be connected to the knob or latch of a door by means of a bell-crank lever, or by any other well-known mechanism, and be operated by turning said knob orlatch, it may serve not only as a Watchmans register, but also to indicate and record the visits of burglars or other persons who may tamper with the knob or latch. \Vhen the lever G is released after having been operated, it is returned to its normal position by the action of the spring G*.

The dial or indicator F may be formed of paper or other suitable material adapted to receive and record marks or indications, as described.

The dials or indicators F are shown retained in position by a screw-nut, F. I can, however Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combinatiomwith the operating mechanism of a clock or other time-piece, of a recording-dial mounted 011 the rear end of the hour-hand shaft and revolving therewith, and alever provided with a pencil-point or marker, so arranged that said point or marker shall rest upon and press against the face of the re-' cording-dial and producea continuous record thereon of the times and time at which the lever is moved or operated, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination, with a clock or other time-piece provided with an ordinary dial, and a secondary or recording dial mounted on the rear end of the hour-hand shaft, of a lever,G, provided with marking or indicating means arranged to record continuously upon such secondary dial, and a check or stop lever, I, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A'clock or time-piece provided with asec' ondary recording-dial mounted as described, a marking-lever so arranged as to continuously record upon the secondary dial, and a check or stop lever, I, in combination with a doorknob or other door-operating means, and suitable connecting mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of January, 1883.

W. CoLBo RNE BROOKES, W. L. BENNEM. 

